Okkalu: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusOkkalu (ಒಕ್ಕಲು):—[noun] a separating of grains from the harvested crop, by thrashing; a thrashing.
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Okkalu (ಒಕ್ಕಲು):—
1) [noun] a place where one normally resides; a house; a residence.
2) [noun] a family descent or lineage.
3) [noun] a man who earns a living by farming or is engaged in farming, agriculture; a farmer; an agriculturist.
4) [noun] a person under the protection of a particular country or a legal inhabitant of a country; a citizen.
5) [noun] one’s wife.
6) [noun] an occupant of land or a building for which he or she pays a rent to the owner; a person to whom property is leased; a tenant; a lessee.
7) [noun] ಒಕ್ಕಲಮಕ್ಕಳು [okkalamakkalu] okkala makkaḷu (pl.) people engaged in farming; agriculturists; farmers; ಒಕ್ಕಲು ತೆಗೆ [okkalu tege]/ ತೆರಳು [teralu]) okkalu tege/teraḷu to move from one place to settle at another place (usu. en masse); ಯಾವ ಊರ ಒಕ್ಕಲು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳದಿರು [yava ura okkalu emdu keladiru] yāva ūra okkalu endu kēḷadiru not to ask about a person’s plight; to deliberately ignore taking care of a person’s welfare.
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Okkālu (ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು):—[noun] a single leg or foot.
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Okkālu (ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು):—
1) [noun] any of the four equal parts of something; a fourth; a quarter.
2) [noun] ಓದು ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು, ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲು [odu okkalu, buddhi mukkalu] ōdu okkālu, buddhi mukkālu working knowledge is more important than mere book learning.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Okkaludere, Okkalugitti, Okkalugollu, Okkaluhogu, Okkalutana, Okkaluvogu.
Ends with: Addokkalu, Attevokkalu, Darokkalu, Doddokkalu, Hokkalu, Kilokkalu, Kudokkalu, Pokkalu, Tokkalu, Urokkalu.
Full-text: Okkal, Okkaluvogu, Okkelu, Umdrane, Kadu, Sudu, Devaru, Odu.
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